Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally
Westfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34039036600 · Union County, NJ · pop 4,011
In Westfield in Union County, census tract 34039036600 scores 5.9/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 71% of US census tracts.
27% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,493 monthly, set against $157,500 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,718
Renter share45.0%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$157,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
National
4
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westfield and the region
Centroid at 40.6502, -74.3493 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westfield scores 1.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Westfield
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$2,493 rent vs county FMR
6.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westfield
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westfield
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westfield
3.4
How Westfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 15%Grade B
- 45%Grade C
- 18%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 44Total filings over 4 yrs
- 1.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2013)
- 12Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.3%Food insecurity
- 4.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 19.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westfield
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 6.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Westfield eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Union County average of 6.6 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 44 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 1.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.3% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34039036600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039036600?
Census tract 34039036600 in Westfield scores 1.3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 34039036600?
Median gross rent is $2,493/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34039036600?
5.8% of residents in tract 34039036600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,011.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039036600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 40th, minority 43th, housing 68th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039036600?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 44 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34039036600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.52% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34039036600 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34039036600 compare to Westfield overall?
Tract 34039036600 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Westfield at 7.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34039036600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 18% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Westfield
Top eight tracts in Westfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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